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Free Musical Notation Software

MUSECORE (Mac/Win/Linux)

MuseScore is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program, that offers a cost-effective alternative to professional programs such as Sibelius and Finale. You can print beautifully engraved sheet music or save it as PDF or MIDI file.

Go to MuseScore.org

NOTEFLIGHT- ONLINE MUSICAL NOTATION SOFTWARE (Mac/Win/Linux):

The Noteflight Score Editor is a full-featured application that displays, edits, prints and plays back music notation in any standard web browser. You can create your own scores, choose to share them with others, or publish them to Noteflight's browsable, searchable online library of music. And it doesn't cost a thing: Noteflight.com is free for individual use. However, some of the features are disabled until you buy a subscription.

LILYPOND (Mac/Win/Linux):

Lilypond is a powerful free score editor developped from the Linux community. It allows to create clasical, pop, and even non-standard notation.

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Free Sheet Music in the Public Domain

Looking for free legal sources to find musical repertoire?

Go to IMSLP website

A great extensive source of public domain music is the Petrucci Music Library! According to the website: "Our goal is to create a virtual library containing all public domain music, as well as music from composers who are willing to share their work with the world without charge." You can visit the site at: IMSLP.org

Orchestration Resources

Interactive Principles of Orchestration by Rimski-Korsakov

This respected book by composer Rimski-Korsakov has been made into an interactive site hosted by Garritan Music where the musical examples are made into audio using virtual instruments from by Garritan's own orchestral sample libraries.

Garritan Virtual Orchestra

A complete virtual orchestra in a relatively affordable application. Read MusicRadar's review of this software here.

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